New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that according to the Indian values, all religions are considered equal and that is why the country is secular. But India has never become a theocratic state like Pakistan.
“We (India) said we would not discriminate among religions. Why did we do that? Our neighbouring country has declared that their state has a religion. They have declared themselves a theocratic state. We didn’t declare so,” said Rajnath Singh.
The Minister was speaking at the NCC Republic Day camp in Delhi.
“Even America is a theocratic country. India is not a theocratic country. Why? Because our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family,” the minister said.
